In the sun, 1000g of hydrogen fuses to 993g of helium while theother 7g of matter is converted into energy using Einstein's famousequation E=mc2, where c is the speed of light (3.0*108m/s).
~ What is the ratio of the energy released by the fusion of 1.0kg of hydrogen to that released by fission of 1.0 kg ofUranium-235?
~Given the obvious advantage in energy production, brieflydescribe some of the difficulties in designing and operating afusion power plant to explain why there are no commercial fusionpower plants in operation today.
